China Slight relaxation of air pollution control for the upcoming winter. In Sep-18, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other commissions jointly issued an air pollutioncontrol plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas for the fall and winter spanning 2018-2019. The new plan calls for a 3% reduction of PM2.5 and a 3% drop in the number of severely polluted days during the period from Oct-18 to Mar-19. Meanwhile, production schedules for the steel, coking, and foundry industries should take turns peaking to reduce air pollution. The production of steel in hot weather was limited to 50% of capacity in key cities. Other cities were told to cut production by no less than 30%. Enterprises that failed to follow these regulations would have their electricity cut.